Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mridusinha/Archive

12 April 2016

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 * has been here since 2006 but with long breaks and only a few hundred edits altogether. In 2013 he created the now deleted article SynapseIndia, which was deleted per a sock/meat-ridden deletion discussion. In May 2015 he created two articles with strong connections to SynapseIndia: International Chandramauli Charitable Trust and Shamit Khemka. Both are currently listed on AfD for promotion and poor sourcing:Articles for deletion/International Chandramauli Charitable Trust and Articles for deletion/Shamit Khemka.
 * was created 31 October 2013, made three extant edits plus a bunch of edits on the deleted SynapseIndia, then became inactive. On 6 April 2016 the account came to life for the sole purpose of editing Shamit Khemka and Articles for deletion/Shamit Khemka.
 * was created 30 March 2016 and has only made two edits, both on that day, one of which is removing unsourced content from Shamit Khemka and one a "keep" !vote at Articles for deletion/Shamit Khemka. Both are quite surprising edits for a genuinely new user.
 * This looks like either sock- or meatpuppets. The three users have strikingly similar interests. Mridusinha obviously, IMO, has an undisclosed COI related to SynapseIndia and its CEO Shamit Khemka, while Esparami and Kermazov are new SPA's whose only interest seems to be to save Mridusinha's article Shamit Khemka from being deleted. I don't see how they would have found the article and its deletion discussion without being told told about it. Unless indeed they're socks. Bishonen &#124; talk 16:22, 12 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I have added, a new account whose first edit was a "keep" to Articles for deletion/Shamit Khemka yesterday. There's a newbie who knows their way about. Bishonen &#124; talk 21:42, 12 April 2016 (UTC).

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I happen to see the Khemka's page and added my comment, while I was reviewing the list of Afd pages. I'm a newbie, but how does that put me into question. I'm trying to be a part of wikipedia project and my activities are independent. Desertedtense (talk) 05:34, 13 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm not especially inclined to include Desertedtense (though I recommend that he checks out Third-party_sources and reconsider his !vote at the relevant AfD), but the rest are certainly at least birds. Ian.thomson (talk) 05:43, 13 April 2016 (UTC)


 * While putting my comment on the Afd page in question here I did checked the references and found that they were from some good sourcing. I'm not sure if the page is being targeted because of some personal disturbances between few editors. However I have posted my independent view. I'm a newbie and still learning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Desertedtense (talk • contribs)
 * Ok, the "being targeted because of some personal disturbances between a few editors" does incline me slightly more to wonder about you.
 * In other news, I found this and this, which pretty much confirm that Mridusinha does indeed work for SynapseIndia, and may well be Shamit Khemka himself.Ian.thomson (talk) 06:00, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Entirely the call of senior editors, whether to keep/delete the page. I just put my vote based on the reflist. The link you mentioned does suggested that the users in question were associated with the organisation.Desertedtense (talk) 15:57, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Please understand, while I disagree with your stance on the article, that does not raise any suspicion for me. Mridusinha had a tendency to present things things as if they were personal than they really are, though.  Ian.thomson (talk) 01:51, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

 * - PLease, compare the first three accounts. Desertedtense looks unrelated.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:02, 13 April 2016 (UTC)


 * The following accounts are ✅:
 * Socks blocked and master blocked for 2 weeks. Mike V • Talk 00:27, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Socks blocked and master blocked for 2 weeks. Mike V • Talk 00:27, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Socks blocked and master blocked for 2 weeks. Mike V • Talk 00:27, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Socks blocked and master blocked for 2 weeks. Mike V • Talk 00:27, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Socks blocked and master blocked for 2 weeks. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 00:27, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Socks blocked and master blocked for 2 weeks. <b style="color:#151B54">Mike V</b> • <b style="color:#C16C16">Talk</b> 00:27, 15 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I've cleaned up the SPI with targetted collapsing ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  14:25, 15 April 2016 (UTC)